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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Oct. 



gPECITm "^©iFICEg. 



SPIDER-PLANT SEED WANTED. 



Have any of the readers of Gleanings any fresh 

 seed for sale? If so, tell us on a postal card how 

 much, and what you want for it, delivered here in 

 Medina. 



GILT-EDGE EXTRACTED HONEY. 



On another page of this number you will find an 

 ill nst ration of the apiary of F. L. Snyder, Orion, 

 Wisconsin. We have secured from this man over 

 :!000 lbs. of the nicest basswood honey we ever tast- 

 ed. It was produced in the apiary shown; and no 

 man, however skeptical he may be in regard to the 

 manufacture of honey, after lasting this, would 

 call it any thing but pure honey of the best kind. 

 The secret of its being- so nice is, that friend S. lets 

 it stand in open barrels and cans for several weeks 

 for it to ripen. As a result, it is so thick it will 

 hardly run. We have also secured from friend 

 Baxter, of Nauvoo, 111., about 10,000 lbs. of very fine 

 clover extracted honey. We have only the sample 

 here yet; the stock will arrive in a few days. 

 Judging from the sample, we should say it was as 

 good as friend Snyder's. Both lots of honey are in 

 barrels of from 500 to 550 lbs. each; and the price 

 by the barrel is 9c per lb. We will put it into 60-lb. 

 square cans, and ship in lots of 1, 2, or more cans, 

 at 10c per lb. We have some of Snyder's honey in 

 kegs of from 50 to 55 lbs. each, which we will sell at 

 9y 2 c per lb. We have some choice white comb hon- 

 ey in 20-lb. cases, which we offer at 16c per lb. 



RK\ USED PUKE LIST OF THE DOVETAILED HIVE. 



We have revised the table of prices of the Dove- 

 tailed hive, which appears below. New prices go 

 into effect from this date. You will notice a slight 

 advance. Having added a price list of parts this 

 was necessary to make things agree. As some 

 have not understood just how to put this hive to- 

 gether, we have made a diagram, with minute in- 

 structions, which Ave give below, and which will also 

 be included with each lot sent out. 



DOVETAILED HIVES PUT UP AND IN THE FLAT. 



Description. Price each. -In lots ot—s Weight of 



(Please order by number). 1 5 10 10 



No. 1. Eight-frame Dovetailed hive, shown to the 

 left, above, with one bottom, body, one super, 

 with sections, separators, and foundation starters, 

 slatted honey-board, 8 all-wood frames and cover, 

 l'/2 story, for comb honey, complete, put up and 

 painted | 1 50 | I 45 | 1 40 | 300 lbs. 



No. 1. Eight-frame Dovetailed bive in flat, complete, 

 same as above | 1 20 | 1 10 1 1 00 | 380 lbs. 



No. 1. Eight-frame Dovetailed hive, in Hat, empty, 

 same as above, leaving out sections, separators, 

 and starters j 9J | 77 | 72 | 250 lbs. 



No. ;'.. Eight-frame Dovetailed hive, shown to the 

 right, above, is furnished just like No. 1, with one 

 more super added, making a two-story hive com- 

 plete, put up painted . | 2 00 | 1 i)5 | 1 90 | 380 lbs. 



No. 3. Eight-fr. Dovetailed hive in flat, complete, 

 as above | 1 50 | 1 40 1 1 35 | 36J lbs. 



No. 2. Eight-frame. Dovetailed, in flat, empty, 

 same as above, leaving out sections, separators, 

 and starters I 1 10 | 95 | 90 | 3)0 lbs. 



No. 3. Same as No. 1, except that it has T tins in the 

 supers, instead of section-holders. Same price. 



No. 4. Same as No. 2, with T tins instead of section- 

 holders. Same price. 

 We will make the Dovetailed hive 10-frarae instead 



Of 8 frame, in any of above numbers, as follows: 

 Nailed and painted, complete, 25 cts. each extra. 

 In flat, complete, 20 cts. each extra. 

 In Hat, empty, 15 cts. each extra. 



NAILS SUITABLE FOR ABOVE HIVES. 



Price fur 1 6 10 50 hives. 



Nails Tor No. I. Dovetailed hive 10 I 25 1 15 I 2 00 



Nails lor No. 2. Dovetailed hive 10 | 30 | 56 | 2.25 



Nails for Nos. 3 and 4, same as for Nos. 1 and 2 re- 

 spectively, and for lti-frame same as for 8-fr. hives. 



DISCOUNTS FOB QUANTITY. 



For 20 hives, deduct 2 per cent, i For 50 hives, deduct 5 per ct. 



For 30 hives, deduct 3percent. For i;o hives, deducl 6 per ct 



For 40 hives, deduct l per cent. I For 80 hives, deduct 8 per ct. 



For 100 hives or more, deduct 10 per cent. 



TABLE OK PRICES OF PARTS OF DOVETAILED HIVES. 



Price. 



Flat. jNail',1! Painted. 



1 50 

 2.30 



:f no 

 1.80 



For the same quantity of parts the same discount 

 will apply as on complete hives. 



DIRECTIONS FOR PUTTING TOGETHER THE DOVE- 

 TAILED HIVE. 



DIAGRAM OF NO. 1 8 FRAME DOVETAILED HIVE. 



Drawn to scale of %. Fig. 1 is a cross-section 

 through hive the narrowest way. Fig. 2 is a frag- 

 ment of cross section through lengthwise, a is the 

 cover, and f the bottom-board. These are plain 

 boards, %xl3£x21%, the only difference being that 

 the cover is a better board than the bottom; that is, 

 clear of checks and knots; b is the cover-cleat, %xl% 

 \ 13 . , grooved %x%. One of these is nailed to each 

 end of the cover, and to the back end of the bottom ; 

 (/ is the cleat for the front end of the bottom, 

 7 sxl#xl3%, rabbeted %x%; e is the side strip for 

 bottom, %x%x21; c is the side of the super; i is the 

 end. The super measures 4Mxl3%x20J£, outside, 

 HiXlsi^ inside. Two supers are made by ripping 

 one body in two; d and j are the side and end of the 

 body, the same size as super, 9V4 deep. The rabbet 

 in the top edge of the end of the super and body 

 is J wide by | deep; h is the honey-board, consisting 

 of 13 pieces. Two pieces, |x$xl3f, rabbeted \\i, 

 form the ends, as shown to the right of h. Two 

 pieces, ' \ ' ...\ 19J, rabbeted on the ends to fit the rab- 

 bet in end-piece; 9 slats, ixlxioj, spaced as shown, 

 and nailed into rabbeted end piece. This honey- 

 board may be made queen-excluding by making 

 saw-kerfs in the edges of the slats, and sliding in a 

 strip i of perforated zinc, as shown at i, in drawing 

 of Simplicity hive, fc is the 8e<Mon-holder, of which 

 this is an illustration of 6 standing side by side. 

 The ends are plain blocks, JJxlJ.lxt 1 ,; the bottoms, 

 i ;.xl !■'., blotted as shown, m, in Fig. 2, is the tin 

 separator, B%xlS. This is nailed to one side of the 

 section holder. The section-holders rest on a tin 

 strip, ;xl2, nailed to the bottom inside edge of the 

 end of super, as shown in Fig. 2, to the right of h, 

 and between the honey-board and super; I is the 

 brood-frame, of which there are 8 to each hive, and 

 which are spaced V 2 in. apart, and from each side of 



